AJS PROPERTIES LTD

🌳Matureactive
08950012 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-20
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees-300-300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  4. 2024-03-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2023-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-25
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    SMITH, Amanda Louise appointed
    director
  11. 2019-03-25
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    SHAW, Amanda Louise resigned
    secretary
  12. 2019-03-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-03-25
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2018-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-03-31
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2014-03-20
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    Company incorporated
    As AJS PROPERTIES LTD
  19. 2014-03-20
    ➕
    SMITH, Michael Davis Cooper appointed
    director
  20. 2014-03-20
    ➕
    SHAW, Amanda Louise appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-03-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

9 Iona Drive
Humberston
Grimsby
N E Lincs
DN36 4XU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

SMITH, Amanda Louise→
director · ~60y · appointed 2019-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Michael Davis Cooper→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHAW, Amanda Louise→
secretary · appointed 2014-03-20 · resigned 2019-03-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2024-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-08